**Editor's Note: A previously updated version of this story said that Tate was safely located. Virginia Beach police clarified that Desirae Jaclyn Tate was found deceased by an apparent suicide.
UPDATE AS OF SATURDAY, MAR. 2 AT 2:50 P.M.: Desirae Jaclyn Tate was found deceased by apparent suicide, according to Virginia Beach police.
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Virginia State Police and the VBPD have issued a critically missing adult alert for a 30-year-old woman last seen Thursday.
Desirae Jaclyn Tate was last seen Feb. 29 at 10:25 a.m. on Sweetwater Court, according to VSP. She was possibly wearing a dark blue coat with a white fur hood, jeans, a T-shirt and gray sneakers.
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Tate is 5'3 and 220 pounds with brown eyes and short brown hair, according to VSP.
Troopers say that Tate might be driving a black 2020 Hyundai Elantra with Virginia plates UND-6373 with a bumper sticker or magnet that says "I love Border Collies."
The Hundai was last seen on traffic cameras on Thursday at 10:37 a.m. traveling south on Newtown Road and Virginia Beach Boulevard.
The VSP warns that the investigating agency determined that Tate's disappearance poses a "credible threat to her health and safety."
Anyone with information about Tate's whereabouts should contact Virginia Beach City Police Department at 757-385-5000.
